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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58496" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58496" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> BEGIN'NING, ppr. First entering upon commencing giving rise or original taking rise or origin. </p> <p> BEGIN'NING, n. The first cause origin. </p> <p> I am the beginning and the ending. Revelation 1 </p> 1. That which is first the first state commencement entrance into being. <p> In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1 </p> 3. The rudiments, first ground or materials. <p> [[Mighty]] things from small beginnings grow </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1490" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1490" /> == | ||
<p> '''''bē̇''''' -'''''gin´ing''''' ( ראשׁית , <i> '''''rē'''''' </i> - <i> '''''shı̄th''''' </i> ; ἀρχή , <i> '''''archḗ''''' </i> ): The natural meaning of the word is with reference to time. The primitive Greek root means "to be long," "to draw out." Thus, it is used to refer to some point of time long drawn out, or long past ( Genesis 1:1 ). It is used also to express the inauguration of a particular event ( Exodus 12:2 ). The principal interest in the word centers in the use of it in John 1:1 . It must be interpreted here by that which follows in the statement as to the relation of the [[Logos]] to the [[Eternal]] God and the use of the word "was." It is true that the word αρχε , <i> '''''archē''''' </i> cannot be separated from the idea of time, but when time began He already was, and therefore He was from eternity. See [[Time]]; [[Eternity]] . </p> <p> Figurative: in a figurative sense it is used of that which is most excellent, the chief part ( Proverbs 1:7 ); of the most eminent person ( Colossians 1:18 ); the author ( Revelation 3:14 ). </p> | <p> ''''' bē̇ ''''' - ''''' gin´ing ''''' ( ראשׁית , <i> ''''' rē' ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' shı̄th ''''' </i> ; ἀρχή , <i> ''''' archḗ ''''' </i> ): The natural meaning of the word is with reference to time. The primitive Greek root means "to be long," "to draw out." Thus, it is used to refer to some point of time long drawn out, or long past ( Genesis 1:1 ). It is used also to express the inauguration of a particular event ( Exodus 12:2 ). The principal interest in the word centers in the use of it in John 1:1 . It must be interpreted here by that which follows in the statement as to the relation of the [[Logos]] to the [[Eternal]] God and the use of the word "was." It is true that the word αρχε , <i> ''''' archē ''''' </i> cannot be separated from the idea of time, but when time began He already was, and therefore He was from eternity. See [[Time]]; [[Eternity]] . </p> <p> Figurative: in a figurative sense it is used of that which is most excellent, the chief part ( Proverbs 1:7 ); of the most eminent person ( Colossians 1:18 ); the author ( Revelation 3:14 ). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_24271" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_24271" /> == | ||
<p> (בְּרֵאשַׁית, "in the beginning," liter. ally '' | <p> ( '''''בְּרֵאשַׁית''''' , "in the beginning," liter. ally ''At'' the ''Head,'' Genesis 1:1; Sept. and New Test. '''''Ἐν''''' '''''Ἀρχῇ''''' ), besides its ordinary import, was with the He. brews an idiomatic form of expression for eternity, q. d. ''Originally.'' In this sense it is employed alike by Moses and (in its Greek form) by the evangelist John ( John 1:1). (See [[Creation]]). </p> <p> Our Lord is also emphatically styled the Beginning ( '''''Ἀρχή''''' ) both by Paul and John ( Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 3:14), and it is worthy of remark that the Greek philosophers expressed the First Cause of all things by the same word. (See Logos). </p> | ||
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